Patek Philippe. A very fine and unusual 18K gold and enamel openface keyless lever watch

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE., GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, RETAILED BY KRUGER JEWELRY COMPANY, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, MOVEMENT NO. 199'632, CASE NO. 407'266, MANUFACTURED IN 1920

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Patek Philippe. A very fine and unusual 18K gold and enamel openface keyless lever watch
Signed Patek Philippe & Cie., Geneva, Switzerland, retailed by Kruger Jewelry Company, Wichita Falls, Texas, movement no. 199'632, case no. 407'266, manufactured in 1920
Cal. 17''' nickel-finished lever movement, 18 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, wolf's tooth winding, later gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, in circular case with finely ramolayé black and translucent cream enamel scroll and foliage Renaissance decoration on guilloché background to bezel and hinged back, black and cream enamel geometrical decorated band, case and dial signed by maker, movement signed by maker and retailer
44 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

Accompanied by Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with pounced ornament and black enamel decorated back cover in 1920 and its subsequent sale on 5 August 1921.
The French expression ramolayé enamel stands for a pounced or embossed ornament decoration, resembling chasing, made with a graver and smoothed with small files known as "rifflers". Consequently, each of these hand-decorated watches is a unique piece.

Similarly decorated dress watches are illustrated in Patek Philippe by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, p. 163, pl. 113 & 114.

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